AROUND the English-speaking world on Easter morning, after two Covid-dominated years, churches and chapels will resound once again with the festal hymn “Jesus Christ is risen today”. Despite its ...

Eleven verses to extol the risen Christ, now ascended to the right hand of God. It is often noted that Charles Wesley wrote over 6,500 hymns in his lifetime, but he also preached extensively.

Bernard Lord Manning, a hymnologist, historian, and observer of Methodism during the early 20th century, explained how hymns like "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" functioned as a liturgy for John ...